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  • Geena Davis Reveals Why She Won’t Likely Be in ‘Beetlejuice 2’

    Geena Davis says she would love to reprise her role as lovable ghost Barbara Maitland alongside her onscreen husband Alec Baldwin in Beetlejuice 2, but says there is a very real reason why she won’t likely be asked to participate in the reboot.

    The 1998 mega-hit Tim Burton film, Beetlejuice, is one of Davis’ favorite roles and although the actress famous for her roles in Thelma in Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own, and her Academy Award-winning turn as Muriel Pritchett in The Accidental Tourist, says its her age that keeps her from reprising her role in Beetlejuice 2.

    In an interview with ETonline, Geena Davis said although Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder are apparently in for the reboot, the 59-year-old actress was not approached to appear in the new movie.

    “I did hear that it’s really happening,” Davis told ET. “No one’s talked to me about it. I would love to! That was one of my favorite movies, too.”

    Davis added that it likely won’t happen because she and co-star Alec Baldwin have aged since the first movie was released.

    “But ghosts probably don’t age, and it’s going to be 30 years now. Of course, I haven’t aged, but I think Alec Baldwin maybe has aged, perhaps,” Davis joked.

    Meanwhile, Geena Davis is as busy as ever and is set to return to the big screen in returning to the big screen in the Indie film, Marjorie Prime, playing the 44-year-old daughter of Jon Hamm of Mad Men fame. Shooting for the film begins in the Hamptons next week.

    “Marjorie Prime is a ‘sci-fi dramedy’ that follows an elderly woman, played by 84-year-old Lois Smith, who interacts with a holographic re-creation of her husband as he looked at a younger age,” according to Page Six.

    Who would like to see Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin in Beetlejuice 2?

  • Michael Keaton: ‘Birdman’ Actor Up for ‘Beetlejuice’ Remake

    Michael Keaton has made news in recent weeks for his role in Birdman. In fact, the role earned the actor a Golden Globe. But it’s Beetlejuice–his film from back in 1988–that has the actor excited at the moment. Michael Keaton starred as ‘a manic, demented spirit,’ alongside costars Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin, and Geena Davis in the Tim Burton film.

    Burton is “unique, and that’s not a word you can apply to many people,” Keaton said during a recent interview with People magazine. “And also original–certainly not a word you can apply to many people. He is both of those things and also an artist.”

    Keaton explained that when unveiling the role, Burton “saw the bigger picture” but “couldn’t articulate the visuals he saw. It wasn’t quite there yet [but] because he’d given me a couple things to think about, I said, ‘Give me a day.’”

    Tim Burton recently admitted that there is a script written and ready to roll for a Beetlejuice sequel (actually Burton doesn’t want to call it a sequel) and that he would love to work with Michael Keaton once again.

    Will Michael Keaton sign on for the role?

    “I hope,” he said. “We don’t know yet.”

    It certainly sounds like there must be lots to iron out before filming for a Beetlejuice sequel might get underway, but fans of the original are no doubt extremely excited just to learn that such a film is even a possibility. Beetlejuice had a cult following, and no one but Michael Keaton could possibly play the lead role.

    Were you a Beetlejuice fan? Could you see an older Michael Keaton once again wearing the black and white striped suit and playing the role of that ‘manic, demented spirit’ once again? Do you suppose Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, and Winona Ryder will be asked to sign on, too?

  • Beetlejuice 2: Keaton And Burton To Team Up Again?

    “Beatlejuice 2” looks to be officially in the works, and Michael Keaton is in talks to reprise his role as the striped-suit-wearing, fast-talking ghoul who made it his duty to scare a pair of yuppies back to the city.

    Tim Burton is also back for the sequel, according to The Wrap, and Seth Grahame-Smith, author of “Pride And Prejudice And Zombies”, is preparing the screenplay. Grahame-Smith also worked with Burton on “Dark Shadows” and “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”.

    For many of Burton’s fans, it will be a lovely change to see him return to something they grew up with, but it’s hard to envision what a new Beetlejuice movie might look like. Will we see the sandworm again? Will Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin show up? Is Winona Ryder going to calypso? So far there are few answers about the script or cast, so we’ll just have to wait and see.

    Of course, there’s been talk of a sequel for years; Keaton was quoted in 1996 as saying he was on board and waiting for a script to be written.

    “I’d love to do a Beetlejuice’ followup. It’s something Tim Burton and I have discussed endlessly,” Keaton said. “It’s a matter of the right script, but I hope it happens.”

    The film is the latest in a string of sequels announced this year, including “Dumb And Dumber To” and “Jurassic World”.

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